The classic British war film Carve Her Name With Pride was based on the true story of Violette Szabó GC, the 23 year old French speaking single mother who...

Dale Banham's article in Teaching History 92, ‘Getting ready for the Grand Prix: learning to build a substantiated argument in Year 7' has influenced...

Three years ago (TH 99, Curriculum Planning Edition), Michael Riley illustrated ways in which history departments could exploit the increased flexibility of...

What exactly is E-CPD? How do I use the units? How can I turn my E-CPD work into Masters Level accreditation? Your questions answered here!

A great deal has been written recently about the importance of encouraging and enabling all students to read beyond their comfort zones, beyond the textbook...

As an enthusiastic musician, Alison Meikle is always looking for ways to use music in the history classroom. While Teaching History has seen plenty of articles...

Question: How can we plan for a coherent Year 7 that makes the most of the new National Curriculum freedom and its almost limitless possible content? Answer:...

Conventionally, students learn to read before they come to secondary school. As a result, for the majority of our students, reading can be taken for granted....

Epics and triumphs: Roman Emperors. Everyone has seen a Roman emperor. Whether at the British Museum's current Hadrian exhibition, or in Derek Jacobi's...

When is a work of art a work of history? How can we get our students to appreciate the difference without ignoring the overlap? How should we ask our students...

Richard Harris and Terry Haydn recently carried out research funded by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority into pupils' views and beliefs about...

Many of us would love to have the problems encountered by Oliver Knight at his previous school. His students were simply doing too well - leaving him wondering...

This issue's problem:Phyllis Wheatley already seems to be the most effective teacher in the department. How can her mentor ensure that she goes on learning?...

Mummy, mummy, why are historians all so poor?Not now, dear. Mummy's looking at her A level results. The unit 4 results are all quite high, the unit 3 marks are...

This is one of a series of topic books designed for lower-attaining students at...

This resource is a set of ready-to-use and photocopiable lessons aimed at the...

The first in a series from Folens supporting the New Secondary Curriculum,...

A 12 minute DVD for use in lessons and/or assemblies, and a CD-Rom, full of...

The website contains freely downloadable schemes of work for Key Stages 1,2 & 3...

New Educational Resources: India Pictures of the Past